Clark San Diego Bound

Tony Clark and the Padres have apparently reached an agreement in principle for a one year deal at just under $1M. The gi-normous switch hitting Clark, at 6'7" and 240 pounds, is a native San Diegean and former 1st round pick of the Detroit Tigers in 1990 (second overall). He finished third in balloting for 1996's Rookie of the Year honors in swatting 27 bombs to complement 72 RBI. Coming off the bench for Arizona last year, Clark posted a .821 OPS with 17 home runs and 51 RBI. The addition figures to allow Adrian Gonzalez to get a bit more time off in the upcoming season, hopefully keeping Gonzalez more fresh down the stretch than was the case in the 2007 campaign, per the graph below.

Graph from FanGraphs.com